Limestone basketball player arrested on felony drug charges

PEORIA — The leading scorer for the Limestone boys basketball team was arrested on felony drug charges early Sunday after allegedly attempting to flee from police as officers responded to a call of shots fired in the East Bluff.

Terence D. Shelby, 18, of 3620 W. Verona Court, Apt. 3X, was booked into the Peoria County Jail on charges of distributing a controlled substance, possessing a controlled substance, manufacture or delivery of 10 to 30 grams of marijuana, two misdemeanor counts of possessing marijuana, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and failure to obey a stop sign.

Shelby was the leading scorer for the Limestone boys basketball team this season. He was named first-team all-Mid-Illini Conference and was honorable mention in The Associated Press Class 3A all-state squad.

Police were called about 1:55 a.m. to the 700 block of East Virginia Avenue for two shots fired and a vehicle driving from the area at a high rate of speed. Officers eventually stopped a vehicle driven by Shelby and found a small amount of marijuana, according to reports on the incident.

Additional unspecified drugs allegedly were found on Shelby at the jail as he was being processed into the facility on the city’s arrest.